A Respectable Tragedy
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In the 1930s, middle-aged museum curator Tauno Saarinen yearns for a young beautiful maid and writes a lengthy confession about his feelings which he gives his wife Elisabet to read. Elisabet shows the writings to her husband's sister Naimi, an art critic who tries to reconcile with her ex-husband despite a spiteful mother-in-law. Meanwhile, things gets worse between Tauno and Elisabet when the young maid, seduced by Tauno, becomes pregnant. Based on a novel by Helvi Hämäläinen, first published in 1941 but partly censored until 1995 because allegedly based on true incidents involving well-known people.
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Ville Virtanen
Tauno Saarinen
Known for
The Glass Dome
Bordertown
Päivi Akonpelto
Elisabeth Saarinen
Also in
Suolaista ja makeaa
Hayflower and Quiltshoe
Marko Äijö
Also in
Zombie and the Ghost Train
Suolaista ja makeaa
Michael Baran
Kaisa Rastimo
Tuomo Virtanen
Henriikka Salo
Naimi Saarinen
Also in
The Collector
Hellapoliisit
Kyllikki Forssell
Ada, Arturs mother
Also in
Yksityisalue
Meren juhlat
Helvi Hämäläinen
Timo Jurkka
Artur, Naimi's ex-husband
Also in
Secret Lives
Pakanamaan kartta
Saara Hilpinen
Tellervo Nurmi
Also in
Restless
Maria Järvenhelmi
Jenny
Known for
Lights in the Dusk
The Other Side of Hope
Kaisa Rastimo Director · Michael Baran Writer Helvi Hämäläinen Writer
First release September 18, 1998 · Produced in Finland · Original title Säädyllinen murhenäytelmä
Production
Kinotaurus
Production
Finland
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Original title
Säädyllinen murhenäytelmä
Original language
Finnish
Spoken on screen
Finnish
Release dates
Finland · September 18, 1998
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No release date listed for United States.
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